Bedbugs

News about bedbugs, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Apr. 10, 2013

Study published in Journal of Royal Society Interface validates traditional use of bean leaves to trap and kill bed bugs, finding that synthetic alternatives are not as effective. MORE

Dec. 6, 2012

Bedbugs have begun turning up in library books, leaving libraries and book borrowers scrambling to deal with the problem. MORE

Jul. 1, 2012

Real Estate Q & A on New York City laws and guidelines governing window-cleaning and bedbug extermination in rental apartments and whether it is legal to rent out common spaces in a condominium. MORE

Feb. 19, 2012

Ariel Kaminer The Ethicist column answers questions about allowing fracking on one's land if one is opposed to the technology, bedbugs in hotels and warning neighbors about alternate-side parking. MORE

Jan. 26, 2012

Rosanna Polanco, who works at the Ritz-Carlton New York hotel, says that she was asked to clean a room where a guest reportedly found a bedbug, but Polanco was not informed of the discovery before entering; the employee fears that she inadvertently might have brought the infestation home. MORE

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